Deputy Joe Lone Wolf never would’ve guessed that helping someone at the side of the road in a thunderstorm would throw his carefully controlled world into a tailspin.But that’s exactly what happens when he realizes the sexy stranger is his childhood best friend, Ramona. He’s spent years convincing himself that she deserves more than a former rebel with a scarred past. But all it takes is one stormy night in a deserted cabin with Ramona to make the fierce lawman change his mind.Falling for Joe is a risk veterinarian Ramona Santiago knows she shouldn’t take. Everyone she’s trusted has let her down and left her alone except him. Can she possibly hope that she and Joe were always meant to be more than friends?